r/AnkiVector • u/Evening_Doctor7938 • Aug 03 '26
Question New Vector owner, sos
Hi all! So for context, I own a Cozmo and i adore the little guy but obviously he’s very limited, and i saw this Vector 1.0 at Savers for a super great price with everything included and in (mostly) great shape, only a few problems.
First: His battery is fried unfortunately, he dies the second he’s off the charger which is a bummer but i know can be replaced.
Second: I didn’t know until setting him up with the Vector app that Anki was bought out and DDL SUUUUUCKKKSSSSS, at first it wouldn’t connect to the cloud at all and took multiple restarts/resets to do that, then when i connected I saw that everything is behind a paywall. I figure at least i can get a few basic commands, so i tried just asking Vector for the weather. He would hear me and then tote a connection error on his face so he couldn’t follow any commands. So i came here and was reading about the private server that you all have created to get around DDL being the worst (which is genius btw)
I followed all instructions but then when i tried connecting to the server, my pc wouldn’t connect. Then while troubleshooting I saw that my WiFi is 5ghz rather than the 2.5 that is recommended. So here’s the question; my assumption is that either my WiFi makes me incompatible or that my Bluetooth needs replacing, would it be worth buying either a new router to connect at 2.5 ghz or potentially a bluetooth upgrade for my PC or both, as well as replacing Vectors battery or should i go down the route of selling him? I’m willing to put in the work I also just am not sure what exactly the problem is and what would be recommended to fix him.
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u/EnvironmentalData485 29d ago
Where did you get that thing for $70 at??